01 n. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a pass…
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The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.
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2.
Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.
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3.
That which is extracted; extract; essence.“They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.” — Milton.
Phrases & compounds
The extraction of roots —
The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity.